BY IGGY KIM
SEOUL — South Korea's movement for democratic unions won an important victory on May 21, when the candidate of a rank-and-file alliance, Kim Jae-gil, won the powerful post of secretary of the Korean Railway Union in a landslide.
The
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The people's rollback versus Labor's
In the five years since John Howard was elected prime minister, his
government has carried through a breathtaking range of attacks on the working
class. Key among these were the sale of Telstra, the
REVIEW BY SIBYLLE KACZOREK& JO ELLIS
Organised by Michael Scott, education and community development manager for the Northern Territory AIDS Council, the recently concluded A Walk Through History exhibition presented a historical insight into the
BY TILLY ELDERFIELD
SYDNEY — After 18 robberies, Sefton newsagent Les Clark armed himself with a pick handle. He declared, "It's a big relief to know you'll be able to defend yourself without breaking the law. I've got a pick handle beneath the
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — Sydney has a new indigenous radio station — Koori Radio 93.7FM. After six years of campaigning by the Gadigal Information Service, the Australian Broadcasting Authority finally granted a full-time community radio
BY RENFREY CLARKE
Mention electricity supplies to a South Australian, and the answer is unlikely to be polite. As well as summer blackouts, there are pool prices that doubled during 2000 in the now-privatised state grid, and the prospect of huge
BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — The May 15 commemorations here of Al Nakba (the Catastrophe), the anniversary of the 1948 establishment of the State of Israel, held special significance for Palestinians — for not since 1948 itself have the
The Green Left Weekly staff will be taking a well-earned break next week. The next issue of the paper (No. 452) will appear on June 20.
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART Voluntary and forced redundancies at the Incat boat-building
company have resulted in Incats work force being reduced from 900 to 710.
Last year the work force was 1000-strong but workers who left have not
been
BY JIM GREEN
A federal senate committee has slammed plans for a new nuclear research reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights.
The committee's majority report, released on May 23, is is a joint production of the Labor Party and the
BY DICK NICHOLS
It was good to see two letters in last week's Green Left Weekly
question whether the Socialist Alliance has a future. Paul Petit's and
Lev Lafayette's doubts about the project invite us all to think about the
BY DICK NICHOLS
Through the first telephone hook-up of its National Liaison Committee since its founding in March, the Socialist Alliance last week decided to have its founding conference in Melbourne on the weekend of August 4-5. The conference
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